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UNITED STATESTTENT OFFICE.

HORACE T. FLEISHER,

HGSIERY GUMPANY, OF PENNSYLVANIA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Honnon T. Fmnsrrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elkins Park, county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dolls, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings vhich form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a childs doll which will be both attractive in appearance and durable, and which may be inexpensively constructed of waste materials.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention and in which like symbols refer to like parts in the various figures,

Figure plete doll.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the body, legs, head and cap forming section.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the arms and means for attaching them to the body.

Fig. 4: is a front elevation of the final covering or garment.

The body portion a is formed from an unperfect section of knitted fabric, made by hosiery manufacturers, as ribbed tops for stockings. The lower end of the fabric is split with the wales and sewed to form legs I), 6. Near the upper end the fabric is gathered in and tied, leaving a free end which 1s folded on dotted lines 0 to form a cap d.

A face 6 is painted, or otherwise drawn on the fabric, and the body portion and legs stuffed with cotton waste. The legs may be tied in at the angles as at f to form feet.

The arms 9 are 1 is a front elevation of the comformed in another section of the same fabric, cut out and sewed to form the arms and a body section h. The wales of the fabric in the arm section run with the arms, since the rib tops are long in the direction of the wales, but relatively narrow across them. The arms may be tied in at the wrists as at 11 to form hands.

A garment for the doll is formed from a third section of rib top and has a body portion j, in which are cut arm-holes k. The upper part of the section is adapted to be folded on dotted lines Z to form a collar, while the lower part is split, in the direction of the wales, and sewed to form pants rninnnnnrnin,

I Specification of Letters Eatent.

The garment is passed over OF ELKI'NS TAR K, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO NOTASEME PEIiIIlS-YLVANIA, I1 CORPORATION OF Donn Patented Nov. 9, 1920. se-i-ia no. 545,602.

legs m. The body of the garment section is adapted to be folded on dotted lines "a, when on the doll to give the effect of a jersey and pants as shown in Fig. 1.

In assembling the doll, the body section it is passed over the dolls body, thus securing the arms in place.

the head and about the body, the legs being put through the pants. The collar and cap are forms by folding on lines Z and 0 respectively and the body portion j of the garment is folded on lines a to give the jersey and pants-effect. Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is g 1. A doll comprising a knitted section forming a head, a body and legs, and another knitted section forming arms and an element surrounding the body, the arms being maintained in position on the body by means of said element.

2. A doll comprising a knitted section forming a head, a body and legs, another knitted section forming arms and an element surrounding the body, and a third knitted section forming a garment slipped over the body-surrounding element of the second knitted section.

3. A doll comprising a knitted fabric forming legs, body, head and extending beyond the head, the fabric being constricted at the junction between the head and said extension, said extension being folded down over the upper part of the head and also folded upon itself on circumferential lines to form a rimmed cap.

i. A doll comprising a knitted section forming a head, a body and legs and eX tending beyond the head, the fabric being contracted at the junction between the head and said extension, said extension being folded to form a cap covering the top of the head, another knitted section forming arms and an element surrounding the body, and a third knited section forming a garment slipped over the second knitted body-surrounding element.

5. A doll comprising a knitted section forming a stuffed head, body and legs and extending beyond the head, and a second knitted section slipped over the first section and foldable to give the effect of jersey and ants.

6. A doll comprising a stuffed knitted head and about its section forming a head, a body and legs, a knit tubular fabric split at one end, each second knitted section forming a bodysplit section being closed to form legs, the 2c engaging element and arms, and a knittube at the other end being constricted to ted garment section fitting over the body form a foldable cap, all except thecap porand the second knitted section and foldable t'ion being stuffed to form a head, a body to give the effect of jersey and pants. and the legs; a second knit fabric having 7. A doll compri I forming a stuffed head, body and legs and slipped over the body and closed end tubuextending beyond the head, a second knitlar portions stuffed to form the arms; and

ted section forming a body-engaging elea third tubular section split atone end, each ment and arms, and a one-piece garment on split section being secured along the side to sing a knitted section a central tubular portion adapted to be 25 the body foldable at the Waist to give the formp'ants, the main body of the tubular 30 effect of a jersey and pants,.the extended end section being slipped over they body and of the first section being foldable to form a foldable to give the effect of ajersey. cap. 1 In testimony of which invention, I have 8. A doll formed of Waste or imperfect hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Pa,

fabric produced in hosiery manufacture on this {lth dayof August, 1919. I and comprising the following elements: a HORACE "I. FLEISHER. 

